Mitu Lokanta

About Mitu Lokanta

Mitu Lokanta is the restaurant of the Alavya hotel in Alacati, Cesme, set in the hotel garden under mature trees. The hotel describes it as a soil to table kitchen built on seasonality and local provenance, aiming to stay true to the essence of each ingredient. Alavya also serves a weekend breakfast buffet with house preserves and a daily choice of pastries. Mitu Lokanta holds one toque, with a score of 11.5 out of 20, in the modern cuisine category of the Gault and Millau Turkiye guide. The guide names Rana Erkan Tabanca and Erol Tabanca as founding partners and Huseyin Pancar as executive chef. It notes that the kitchen puts local produce at its centre, with seasonality, direct contact with producers and respect for the natural cycle of each product as its basic approach, and that the menu is shaped by vegetables, herbs and artisan products from Alacati and the surrounding area. Tables can be booked through the hotel.